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TRADE REVIEW.
i, G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Report-Grent
LuBses by the Drouth. Il II

Il, Il. Dun ~ JOS weekly lseport-dfeut
LuSses by the Drouth. ~
New York, August l2.-R. &. Dun &
Co.'s weekly trade review has the follow
ing: The short crops OF 1881 proved the
turning point Of business for seven years,
and the drouth this year, though result
ing In lees Injury to crops, Gomez at time
when real estate values at the West have
been unuauslly ipa.ted. Heavy rains
have broken the long drouth during
the past week, but only after the
official bureau report had shown how
serious was the injury sustained, and
the relief came too late to do good in .ex.
tensive d stricts oi the Northwest. The
bureau reports losses which cannot be re.
paired 10 q considerable part OF the hay
crop, and to oats, tobacco, potatoes, and
frIit. little injury to cotton and wheat,
and i. decline of II per cent Of corn. The
work o. destruction continued ten days
after the bureau reports were made be-.
lore rain came and the aggregate loas OF
farmers must exceed $500 000, 900.
a difference is inevitable in the ppr.
chssos Of manufactured and imported
goods by the northwest. II prices had
not been iniisted by o real estate boom,
and il new indebtedness OF enormous
value had not been created, loss Of even
q tenth OF the entire value of farm pro.
ducts would make little difference; but
tho wild SPECULATION in lands and town
lots, the expenditure OF many hundred
millions In now buildings, and the perna'
nens investment OF large sums IN new
railroade, aud manufacturing works, rem
der partial loss Oh crops more important
Interiorreports are uniformly good as
to The volume Of business, though, OF Gal
weston good many orders hsvo beer
counterms nded. Collections are dull q!
kanass City and slow. at 0mshs, and
money Is more stringent ct Philadelphia
with continuing ci6seness as Kansas City
aud Cleveland. The business iailutet
throughout tho United States during ths
last soyen dsys number l5l, and tor C Atl
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ed together. When the accident occurred
Andy Mooney, Of Peoria, and Conductor
stillwell, who was In charge Of the train,

ed together. When the accident occurred
Andy Mooney, Of Peoria, and Conductor
stillwell, who was In charge OF the train,
were three cars from each other. Fs
Mooney waa In the second car and
Stillwell In the filth. The next instant
they found Themselves literally In each
others arms, the car In which the con.
ductor was riding having been carried
over the two In front and dropped on top
Of tho one which Mooney was In. The
strange part Of II was neither man was
hurt. ril1 h 5Ni5 a ,'"5T'
Upon the platform where the local
salons are wont to hold iostb, pretty Lille
Valdejo, OF Peoria, lay In what DR.. Bal.
lard, who bent over her for urs,thought
were her last agonies. She wap perfectly
conscious, and between her gaaps for
breath told how she had travelled all over
Europe Ia safety, only to come face to face
with death a few miles from her own
homo. Her mother lay dead across The
street, but despite her earnest plesdinps
for nOwa no one had tho heart to tell her
tho dreadful truth, II 81 i{.5;
to yisit her mother, taking her two little
KUN VIII ueI. Suo uhu ust R0nO 70 tue
rear car TO get them drink OF water when
the crash came. She has not seen her
children since, aud Is nearly wild with
anxiety about them, Notwithstanding her
own terrlblo injuries and the intense pain |
she cutters. She was taken out the wreck |
crushed almost shapeless. Josie was |
ionnd wedged In. between timber. The |
other child escaped wi.hou. even bruise, !
! d. O. Mcclure, Of Kiteeburg, was one OF |
the passengers. His wife and child had |
parted with him twenty.four hours before
and were going to New YORK. he reached |
to find the couple stretched |
upon the floor Of the school house. Kind /
hands here had placed the one.yesr old |
boy In its mothers arms. Their isces |
had escaped injury, and looked placid, as |
though asleep. Near by was the crushed |
eatchel containing the bsby's wardrobe |
and toilet articles. The father epied the |
powder box and baby pufi before the GOV.
erings had been removed from their dead |
faces, and with groan he sank on his |
knees and throwing himself PROSTATE on |
the bodies cried aloud. '-ls -.
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porter that ho had mado a careful ant
necessarily brief investigation oil lht
accident and could In no way account fol
it unlees on the presumption that the
bridge .waa oct on fire deliberately BIZ
tends Tor the purpose OF wrecking the
train aud robbing passengers. r To say he
deplored the accident, family expresses
bis feelings. President Lsonard came
from Springfield In the afternoon, &C.
companied by Col. John Stephens, Gen.
eral Solicitor OF the road. When the dead
body Of Edwin +. Adams was searched by
one Of his friends neither his pocketbook
nor gold watch could be found, although
he was known to have started on the trip
with large sum Of money. The only
cash found on his person WAS $50, which
he had hid In the watch pocket OF his
trousers. sg2Gi5j -
8. FL. smtthor, Of Forks Haven, W. Va,
informed q reporter TINT he saw a man
who was pinned down by one OF the cars
oier several peraons near by 800 aud his
gold watch and chain II they would re-.
lease him. The pereons to whom he an.
peated helped him out OF the wreck 90
aoon as they. bad assisted some women
who were caught by timbers. = 5s3
< At tho depot couple Of men were busy
enclosing the remains Of the recognized
dead in rude pine boxes, and the noise Of
hammers mingled with the groaus Of the
wounded who were being cared for in the
little town hall only few feet away.
Near by was little hve-ysar.old, aaxen.
haired Josie Banding, Of Hsrkst's Cor.
nsrs, near Peoria, who was brought here
In carriage by her iather from Piper
City, OF o'clock this morning. She was
suffering from internal injuries, as well as
COMMISSIONS OF the lower limbs, but never
mutmur came from her lips, and abe
smiled sweetiy as the nurse whispered her
words Of encouragement. IN i
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Van bakers Case,

I The taking Of dispositions in tina Baker
case was yesterday morning brought to an
abrupt termination by the deiense, who
sSresd to await until the 10:h, when
again the Court will be convened II they
do not secure more counsel than they now
have their time, trouble and exp ,nse will
be to no purpose. There may have exist
ed some slight informalities or irresulari-
.ies In the conduct Of tho Jury, but none
that hindered them in the leas. from rem
dering a verdict in accordance with the
law and evidence hes been shown e
Attorneys we've in the city yesterday Sc
curing evidence in regard 10 the conduct
OF one ofthe jurymen Of the Baker trial in
the city previous to his entering the ilry
box. 1t ia claimed that he wanted to bet
$50 or $500 that Baker would and should
be hung, and upon these remarks nsw
trial will be asked for Eas. Liverpool!
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. lCiR'||.E |: I 4.
pITTsBURGH's COsTLIEST
BUILDINGS
Are Now a Mass Of smoulderlng
Ruins.
Over a Million Dollars Gone Up
In Smoke. s3
And Many Families Rendered
Homeless.
The Masonic Temple and Two
Newspaper Offices
Among the Losses--Pr Probably In.
cendiarism.
The Dispatch Building Saved by
the Hardest Effort,
But is Badly Damaged...A Thrill.
ling Account
u the Brave Firemen's Fight
With the Flames.
The Dispatch Building Saved BY
the Hardest Effort,
But is Badly Damaged...A Thrill.
ling Account Isl
OF the Brave Firemen's Fight
With the Flames.

PIrrsDuaH, Pa, August IL (Midnight).
-fhe most disastrous FIRE known here
for many years Is now raging in the heart
of the city. and the damage, which can.
not now be estimated, will certainly reach
up in tho millions. Shortly before ten
o'clock tonight smoke was seen Issuing
from the rear OF the Masonic Hall Oh
Fifth avenue. The FIRE seemed to
be in tho second story, which
was occupied by Campbell &
Dick as carpet wareroom. An alarm
was quickly sounded aud the Ere de.
partment responded promptly, but be.
fore they arrived the rear portion of the
building was burning. In short time
the flames spread to Hamilton's maguifl.
cent nine story building adjoining, and
by eleven o'clock the flames had reached
such proportions that the entire fro de.
partment OF the city was called out
AT HAS Schmidt & Fridays building,
another fine structure nine stories high.
caught from the intenus heat and in ten
minutes more the Dispatch building ad.
joining Was in hamsa. These buildings
are now burning fercs!y, and at mid
night there are no indications Of tho FIRE
being controlled. II ia feared that the
block on the north side OF Fifth avenue
between Smithfeld and Wood streets, lie
doomed. This property is the most
valuable in the city. Grave fears
are slao entertained from sparks
which are flying in every direction. Re.
sidents and owners OF property for a hall
mile round are on the roofs extinruishing
the sparks with buckets of water. On
Virgin alley, in tho rear Of Masonic hall, 8
number of tenement houses have been
destroyed and twstve families are render
ed homeless. So far no casualties have
been reported. The streets for lqusrea
are blocked with men, women ana chill.
dred. The crowd is SO great that the fire.
men arc unable to do effective work.
A rumor is aaoat the the fire was the
work Of incendisries, and that it was
started for the purpose Of robbery.
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General naipfall IN ihe Nor,,,,,. 80.

CHICAGO, August 12.-Dispatches from
many points in Illinois, Wisconsin; Mich
igan, Indiana, Iowa and Minnesota indi.
cate that refreshing rains fell generally in
tho Northwest Wednesday night and
fhnradsy, giving fresh life to crops and
hiding the people in checking the prairie
and forest fires which have been raging.
me rain, however, it is said, wGs in most
places not heavy enough to do permanent
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OFFICIALS CENsURED.


Charged With Criminal Cnrsle,sness and
Sesicctiug tho Sufferers.
CHICAGO, August IL "A special to a
local paper from Chatsworth, says: "Thero
we're very little stimulants, or, in fact,
medical appliances or assistance Of any
kind on the ground. A man from Piper
Ctty, whose name could not be learned,
brought o demijo hn Of whisky, but the
railroad people seem to have done prac!i.
cally nothing. 81 $500 "a '1'g''s
Men from Chstsgortb, who worked all
night at the wreck, were refused passage
on the train going back to the village, aud
had to tramp home, in hali.iaipting
condition, Tor bite to cat It seemed to
take the railroad four hours to get an on.
gins ready to drsg q car to or from
the village, and the only persons allowed
to ride wers railroad officials.
SERIOUS CHARGES.
The people here are very bitter against
the railroad company, and say that the
officials whether from the decentralization
or excitement, or from absolute pig-head.
adness, acted most .inhumEnly in many
cases, and treated the wounded most
ahamefully all around. In fact they did
not treat the wounded ct all, but left them
to tho care Of volunteers. There was
nothing to hinder the officials running
trains back and forth, eastward to Gilman
and westward to Cha;sworth, all through
the night, carrying away the wounded
and bringing back supplies, but nothing
OF the kind was done. The whole thing
was just apsce with the stupidity that
allowed prairie fires to rage all along the
lima and took no precautions to ses that
the bridges Were not burned down. 1t is
probable that an investigation will result
In holding some Of the officers criminally
responsible for the disaster. Z. 49, g..
The fact that fires were raging all
around there was known to everybody;
the THAT the dry prairie grass grew right
up to the line was, or should have been
known to the officials; aud the feet that
the wooden trastls work across the culysrt
was sCorched by the sun until it was az
inflsmmabls as finder wood was also
known, or should have been. II ordinary
precautions had been observed the Acci-
dent would rot have occurred. AS al.
ready stated, the bridge must have been
burning st least two hours before the train
arrived, 50, - - ~ Z, s. = 5seai-1 80 r.=s
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the BRIDGES catching from It. He oh.
served many thieves at work, and had
had chopped them while despoiling. the
wreck oil property and money. IRalances
oil the robbing Of the dead were being
brought 10 bis attention. The excursion
had been extensively advertised and tho
time 1t would pass ovor the bridge was
well known. ~,
Citizens say that gang Of suspicious
fellows have been lettering around Chats.
worth for some days. Many Of these were
found early OF the wreck paying more at.
tention to relieving the bodies Of their
vsluableB than caring for them otherwise.
Trainmen and passengers had frequent
contentious with the vandsls. In one In.
stance Superintendent Armstrong found a
well.know thief In the depot room where
tho property taken from the wreck was
stored. -, q Z. 4 s.ig
While the people OF the town have done
all in their power for the sufferers, there
Is a horde Of tramps and thieves In this
vicinity who do nothing but carry of any.
thing they can get their hands on. 1'E
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Wonderful Cures,

": ID. Hoyt & Co., Wholesale and Re-
tau Druggists Of Rome, Ga, says: We
have been ceiling DR.. Kings New Dis
covery, Electric Bitters and Bucklen's
ArniGs salve for two years. Have never
handled remedies that sell as well, or
give ouch universal satisfaction. There
have been some wonderful cures effected
by these medicines in this city. Several
cases Of pronounced Consumption have
been entirely cured by use OF few bot
ties OF Dr.. Kings New Discovery, taken
IN connection with Electric Bi,.ers. We
guarantee them always Sold by Logan
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Glib qateyGQss,'1r.rr.
oaics Nos. 20 aud ~ fourteenth slroe..
CRRrAINLY the ambitious and patriotic

CERTAINLY the ambitious and patriotic
children OF Wheeling who can sing will
no, wait TO DO asked second time to
tune their pipes ior the Big Reunion.
When they read their ISTELLloEScER this
morning thOy will bestir themselves to be
4. Arloa Hall by 10 O'Clock. Saturday is
a good day for them, and We have no
doubt they will DO ont in force. 1t will
be- something to say in after years. II
sang in tho Big Reunion Ohorus.n'
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:. s7.s 81 80. .y.'sis s. -. I
Almost q HulocRust.

MILWAUKEE August IA special to
the Ifiisconsin from Madison, Wis, says:
A fire at the MENDOZA Insane Hospital
this morning destroyed the barn belong
ing to the institution, eleven head Of thor.
ouvhbred cattle, one fine bull valued at
$1,000, and nearly all the farm machinery.
Total loss $4,000; no insurance. The
roof oil the Asylum WIS g sblazs 3 at one
time and 50a panic stricken patients were
marshalled In the halls preparatory to
leaving the building. fiSs Il Y IL, @!e-5
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Ann Eliza Young Fasting

MASIsrEE, Mich, Augunt 70 -Mrs. Ann
Eizs Danning, formerly well known as
Ann Eliza Young, the nineteenth wife Of
the late Brigham Young, the head of the
Mormon church, now lives at Manistee
and is sick with dyspepsia. By advice OF
q physician she entered upon prolonged
fest, which has now continued nineteen
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To Iud,ct McGarirIs I'm nfontr,

New YoRK, August L.: "A special to the
Tiibsne from Montreal Gays: 1.-THE Chica-;
90 boodlsr, MeGarigle, will be indicted
there before tho grand Jury on charge Of
conspiracy, and . bench, warrant Will be
Issued for his arreot, 4 ~ i
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Gent Ito screaming child in HhorE
frocks)-Uome, now, my little girl, don't
scream so; be quiet, here's q hugsrplum.
Child-Don't want sugarplum; won't
be quiet; I'se not a girl-pae boy2 -Dr
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pekini III !; Mr.. stoddard, watseka, III.
Mrs, s.oddard, Wa.seka, Ill. Matte Gar:
cell, Washington, H.; Mrs. Elizabeth
U,ees,, Washington, iii; George Press,
Washington, Ill; Mrs. Peyton Press,
Washington, ILL.,; Mrs. John Voorhees,,
Washington, Ill Mrs. E. Stoddard, West
Point, Iowa Mlss Callester, Winona, III. {:
Trim, q travelling man In the employ Of
John krsig, Chicsgo. l'lf B
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THE DEATH ROLL.

S. u II
a List of Over 155 victims-who Is Resppn.
siblo for the Awful Showing: M
CHArswoRrH, ILL, August l2.-The list
Of killed 30 far as sscertained is as follows
FROM PEORIA.
+ F. A. Adams, Miss Pearl Adams, Mrs.
William Allen, Miss Pearl Andrews, Mrs.
Vim. Bsll and daughter, Mrs Blaudia and
two children, J. Brady, Mrs. S d. Breeze,
". Breeze, Elizabeth Cress, Ospt. D alike,
Hsrbor Haster OF Peoria, Peter Dahlke,
Mrs, James Deal, Mrs. Fannie Dsal, Mrs.
Doty and daughter, Mrs. Edwards and
two daughters, Pearl French, William
French, Mrs. Ada Gale, Mra.W. Garrettson,
Miss Greston, E Godel. Godel, aon of E.
Godel, Mrs. Kelly, Miss Kelly, Elsie Mack,
Miss Maggie Marrow, Mrs. Fl. Marin, Ed.
ward McCliltoek, Engineer Eugene Nc.
Clin.ock and daughter, Mrs. H.TB, Nc.
Clintock, Mrs. Mary McEvsry, Mrs Mil
Ter, Miss Morley, Mrs. John Murphy, Rosa
Murphy. John Murphy, Arthur Nc.
earthly, D. Neil. Mrs. Jennie Aslaughuesy,
Miss Mamie Powere, Phena Purdy, MI,
Purdy, Mrs. Putney, William Reagan,
J.. D. Richards, Mrs. Ida Saulshury, Mrs,
sindell, g. o. Smith, EsA. Smith, Gan,
Smith, VIM. +. Ssesrns and two daughters,
VIM. Stevens and two daughters, Mrs
snsdecker aud son, Emma Stevens, Ida
Stevens, R. L Strachan, T. Trovells, Elsie
Ulrich, Mrs: Valdejo and daughter, w.
Valdeio, Julia Valdejo, Mira. Valentine,
Ada Webster, r R Wright, Mra. Wright
Mr.. Wright, Mrs. F. B. Wynett, F. Wy.
nett, Pearl Wyne.t, Mrs. VIM. Zsendel
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THRILLING INCIDENTS
OF tho Dlsaster-Euoush to Move Hear,

&,
z .CHATswogrH, August 12.-There was
one incident of the accident which stood
out more horrible than all of those hor-
ribls ecenes. In the second coach was a
man. his wife and little child. Lis name
could not be learned to-day, but ia said
he got on at Peoria. When the accident
occurred the entire family Of three was
caught aud held down by broken wood
work. Finally, when relief came, the
man turned to the friendly rescuers and
ieebiy eaid: Take out my vile first;
I'm afraid the child is dead" So they
carried out the mother, and as
broken seat was taken of her
crushed breast the blood which wslled
from her lips told how badly she was hurt.
They carried the child, a fsir.haired,
blne-syed girl OF three, aud laid her in
the corn-fetd, dead, alongside her dying
mother. Then they went back for the
father and brought him out. Both his
legs were broken, but he crswled through
tho corn to the side, Of his wife, and feel.
ing her loved features in the darkness,
pressed some brandy to her lips, and
asked her how she felt. A feeble groan
was tho only answer, and tho next instant
she died. The man felt tho forms of his
dead wife and child, and cried out: "My
God, there is nothing more for me to live
for now" and, taking a pistol out OF his
pocket, pulled the trigger. The bullet
went surely through hio brain, and the
three dead bodies OF that little family are
now lying side by side in Chatsworth
waiting to be identified. s 4
From the window OF one car heaped
upon the wrecks Of others, being aus.
pended by the feet, wna a n ~ IS +.
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TIE WORK OF; AN ORGANIZED BAND ~
came to light. and the company find them
worthy Of serious investigation. supsrin:;
tendent Armstrong said to the Associated
Press reporter that the more he invest.
gated the moro 1t appeared to him that the
bridge had been Get on fro. The burned
GRASP in its Immediate locality was not OF
4 nature that seemed likely 70 admit Of
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CoRoNEi,,s INouEsr.
Indications Of Foul piay-iiarbarity of Rail.

Indications Of Foul Piay-isarbarity Of Rail-
sf,i road Officials. KEN
CHArswoRrH, LIS, august l2.-At this
mornings inques. In the Chatsworth hor.
ror some decidedly significant testimony
was given.
Timothy Coughlin, the section foreman
here, testified that he had four men help
Ing him on his six and one.halt miles. He
received orders on Wednesday to 90 over
bis section and see that the 'bridges and
track wore oil right. il9-'i
Coughtin went to the east end OF the
section and burned the grass along the
track for half mile. Ho burned piece
a little over half a mile from the wreck
and put the FIRE out. He examined the
bridge about fivs o'clock and found no
smoke about 1t, and otherwise 1t was oil
right. About three weeks ago the grass
under tbs bridge had bean cut away for
ten feet from the bridge timbers, and he
had no idea how the bridge could have
caught FIRE. q IA
Christopher Ennis, the roadmaster for
tho line from the State line to Peoria, said
be went over the road Wednesday from
Falr5ury to Gilman. He was over tho
fatal bridge just before 4 o'clock In the
afternoon. He was on the rear end OF the
car aud saw tina! the bridge was all right.
There was no FIRE or smoke about the
bridge. Ennis aaid: "SIy opinion ia that
the bridge Vas sent on lre by somebody
My train was the last train over before
the special, and II there was fire there the
men would have discovered 1t. The
bridge could have been burned in two or
three hours. About three years ago two
attempts were made to ditch the 10 o'clock
passenger train at that bridge, and we
Kept Waterman there for elk weeks. OBJ
struclionH we're piled on tho track. II 10
very, lonesome place, far from any
houae." - gggi =.
BARBARoUs TREATMENT OF THE DEAD.
The management Of the railroad comes
in for unsparina condemnation for their
treatment Of the dead bodies. A car of
coffius was sidetracked at Forrest last
night and score Of male and female bod.
les were allowed to lie on the floor OF tbs
depot and vacant store in the ncighbor-
hood until nearly noon to-day. These
improvlsed morgues were black with flies
and the eilluyia was deathly. Neglect of
this kind Glands out in strong contrast to
the humane and ganerous efforts of the
people Of Chats worth, Piper City and the
country for miles around, who threw open
their homes and acted as nurses and did
everything possible TO alleviate the suffer-
ings OF the injured.
Important evidence was given by sew
eral Witnesses at the Coroner's inquest
this afternoon, showing that there was
light ssen on the track in the neighbour
hood Of the disaster Tor two hours bsfors
the train wss due.
Other evidence showed that there was
no engine in sight Mt that time, or any
grass hres. This supports the theory Of
train wrecking. GiisP
y - r.
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: Dlnine's Departure Hastene,l.

DUBLIN, August 1.-THE trades unions,
the Protestant Home Rule Society and
other bodies were arranging demonstra-
tions in honor of Mr.. Blaine, and it Is be-
lieved that these preparations induced
him to hasten his departure. Lord Mayor
Sullivan believes that Mr.. Blaine will con-
sent to attend banquet in his honor on